Meet Beau a gorgeous Springer. This beautiful image was chosen to end up as a piece of artwork. It was a lovely gift from a friend of the owner of the Springer spaniel as a Wedding Anniversary present. What a stunning looking dog and lovely present ..read more

A gorgeous place to exhibit!  They had dog shows, live bands, cream teas, and lots of stalls with homemade crafts.  A great day even if it was a little on the hot side ..read more

How graceful is this gorgeous girl. Photographed three black labs all jumping off the edge of this pond. All of them were brilliant jumpers but this girl seems to be just gliding through the air! One of my favourite shots! The three labs on this shoot were all siblings whose owners get together regularly. What a lovely way for the labs all to stay in touch with each other. Definitely worth getting into the lake with the tadpoles for this shot! Just LOVE it!!!!! Love it so much I have had it put on an acrylic for the New Forest Show! It looks stunning. If you are coming along to the show, plea ..read more

Very happy to receive a bronze award for one of my puppy images from the shoot with ten little puppies.  They were just five weeks old when this image was taken!   Beyond cute ..read more

WOW what an amazing day yesterday!  Hampshire Hounds Dog Rescue Reg. Charity No. 1171772pulled out all the stops and put on a brilliant show even with the weather being a little against us! It was so lovely to see so many new and old friends together with all the gorgeous dogs who now have brilliant loving homes! I had the complete pleasure of photographing the day and I hope I managed to do it all justice. Anyone who wishes to see the gallery please check out this link https://catherinedashwoodpetphotogra.shootproof.com/gallery/6842000 All proceeds of sale go direct to Hampshir ..read more

Sorry for the long post!!!! A BIG thank you to everyones good wishes to my gorgeous Maisie. She is still sporting her red t-shirt as her stitches do not come out until next Monday. The good news is that I had her results today and even though it is a sarcoma, my vet has said that is is a low risk cancer and hopefully it shouldn't return. She said they hoped they had removed it all as well. So whilst I was hoping for the fatty lump diagnosis, this isn't the end of the world. We love our animals so much and I have been such a mess over the last few weeks worrying over her and my old horse t ..read more

Just had some lovely clients come for their viewing and they picked a few images to have as prints but this one is going to be their large print to have framed on their wall. This handsome chap is a Rottweiler/American Staffie. His owner took him on from a rescue and has done a superb job with him. He is the most friendliest dog you could meet. Unfortunately staffies seem to have a bad reputation. Such a shame as they are gorgeous dogs with the biggest of hearts.  Just love this image!!! Definitely my favourite one and I have already ordered a large acrylic of this to have as a showpiece ..read more

Whippets don't come much cuter than these two!!   ..read more

Part of the joy of my job, is not knowing what you are going to photograph, so when I was asked to photograph a litter of puppies with their Mum, I was over the moon.  She had 10 puppies!!!  It was such an amazing shoot, filled with lots of cuddles and laughter ..read more

I LOVE an award but to receive three in one evening was amazing!  Being a member of Highcliffe and Infinity Camera Club I was lucky enough to win their portrait competition, their three of a kind competition and also be runner up in their portrait competition.  A very good night indeed! My winning images.  The Cowboy came first and the girl and pony came second.  The images of the labrador were part of a three of a kind.   ..read more